Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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THE PRESIDEIVT F J- iaces owa tate on l i ar Or. Charles E. Friley ootin 9 President Friley is giving his major time and attention to the task of putting the col- lege on a full war-time basis . . . suggested and helped execute plans for the Student Defense Council . . . speaks to everyone on the campus . . . entertains junior class members with a reception at The Knoll . . . meets all new students in Great Hall each fall . . . addresses seniors at Com- mencements during the year . . . was in- strumental in having the academic program speeded up by offering a complete summer quarter ... is an enthusiastic pianist — especially fond of Chopin and Debussy . . . entertained Wendel L. Willkie at luncheon on February 24 . . . fishes at Lake Superior when he has the chance . . . reads history and newest books on educational trends . . . playsgolf and bowls . . . holds a recep- tion for his staff each fall. 20

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GOVERIVDR D F IOWA Governor George A. Wilson Q overnor W it 6 on Visits C A familiar figure at Iowa State is Governor George A. Wilson. This year he attended the sixth annual State Highway meeting here, Dec. 16, 1941, and was host to Wendell Willkie Feb. 24, 1942, at the opening of the new lecture course, Science 201. It has been a tradition at Iowa State for the governor to open Veishea, but much to our regret he was imable to attend last year. Mr. Wilson attended Grinnell College and was graduated from the law school of the State University of Iowa in 1907. He was a member of Sigma Chi, social frater- nity, and Phi Delta Phi, law honorary. He began his career as a lawyer and climbed the political ladder from Coimty Attorney in Polk County to District Judge, State Sena- tor, to the Governorship in 1938, and was re-elected in 1940. He married Miss Mildred Zehner in 1921 and has three sons. 19

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IOWA STATE COLLEGE In offering you my best wishes for a successful and constructive career in the field for which you have prepared yourself, I wish also to express to each member of the Class of 1 942 my appreciation for the fine contribution you have made to the Iowa State College. Your contributions have been many and varied. Through your adherence to high standards of scholarship, you have done much to raise the general cjuality of the educational program of the College; through your fine spirit of cooperation, you have done much to imify the stu- dent body; through your loyalty, you have greatly strengthened the fine traditions of the Col- lege and you have helped to piu them on a sounder and more enduring basis; above all, you have developed a wholesome attitude toward life which will be of tremendous value to you in the interesting world ahead. I call it an interesting world because without question the next twenty-five years will prove to be the most challenging, the most interesting and the most difficult era in modern history. To solve the problems that will arise will take the best brains and energy which this nation can provide. These problems will be in the fields of economics, politics and society, and they vill be as much spiritual as intellectual. I do not for a moment agree with those who would tell us that the world is headed for chaos and complete ruin. If the world does crash, it will be through our own stupidity, self- ishness and inertia. I say very seriously to each of you that the young men and women who are graduated from the colleges and universities of this country this year and in the next five years can, if they have the vision, meet and solve the problems which will face them. To do so Avill take courage, foresight and consecration. You have the qualities to make an impor- tant contribution to the welfare of civilization in the next quarter of a century. As you leave the halls where you have spent four of the most important years of your life, I hope you will keep ever in mind that there are certain fundamental principles which must guide your actions if you are to make your most effective contribution to society. These principles revolve around an adherence to those religious, moral and intellectual traits which characterized the life and work of our forefathers, and of which the world is in greater need today than ever before. . ' i Sincerely yours. President Dr. and Mrs. Friley act as hosts at a reception in their home on the Knoll . 21 •